PaulXC
Registered user
Probably been covered a few times before but I’ve just imported my French registered Xchallenge and so while its still fresh in my mind this is how it went.
You will need …
1) the original EU Certificate of Conformity. For some reason I didn’t get a copy when I bought the bike in France so I had to stump up £55 to BMW for another one. If you need a duplicate BMW CoC you need to contact BMW UK tel: 01344 426565 and they will put you through to the right department. Mine took about 3 days to turn up after I had paid them.
2) You now need to show that the bike meets the extra UK conformity regs – i.e the speedo reads in mph and the headlight beam dips to the left. Cost one new headlight or a second hand one off Ebay and maybe a new speedo unless yours can also shows mph. (Note: our car has a kmph speedo but you can also get it to display MPH on the LCD display in the centre of the speedo. They accepted a page from the car’s manual, which was in Spanish, which showed you how to make this function work.) The Xchallenge is no problem as you can make it read in mph or kmph.
If you need to change the headlight and or dials you will need some evidence of this. Either a bill from a dealer showing that they did the work or a statement from them showing they inspected the bike and it has the correct lights/speedo. The XChallenge was sorted by a very nice Tosser - Rudi at http://www.rudiemoto.com
3) OK once you have sorted the above go to
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motorin...cle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_10028413 and download “Application For British National Type Approval Motorcycles”. Fill it in and send it off with the European Certificate of Conformity and the proof showing the lights and speedo are compliant. Oh yeah they want £70 for this.
Wait a couple of days and they will send you a UK type approval document.
Then the bike insured – Carole Nash did mine on the chassis number on the proviso I got it registered with 14 days.
Then head down to your local DVLA and fill out a form and show them your insurance documents, the UK and EU type approval notices and the original EU registration documents – (the French is called a Carte Gris). Hand over more money £55 plus road tax £66 in my case and wait a few days. Your new UK reg number will be issued. Then get a number plate made up – about £15 or so.
Total cost
UK Type approval notice £70
UK 1st Reg Fee £55
Road Tax £66
Number Plate £15
Total £206 inc a years road tax.
And in my case another £55 coz I didn’t have the original EU Cert. plus Carol Nash £155.
The only cock-up I had was DVLA actually issued an 03 plate for a bike that was 1st registered in March 07. I went back and they changed it on the spot and gave me an 07 Plate. They said they were very sorry and had no idea why they had given totally the wrong number. …
Got Williams in Manchester to make me up a number plate and they also said that they would do the 6 safety recalls outstanding on the bike now it was UK plated. Last time I asked them they said I had to take it back to the dealer in France.
Paul
You will need …
1) the original EU Certificate of Conformity. For some reason I didn’t get a copy when I bought the bike in France so I had to stump up £55 to BMW for another one. If you need a duplicate BMW CoC you need to contact BMW UK tel: 01344 426565 and they will put you through to the right department. Mine took about 3 days to turn up after I had paid them.
2) You now need to show that the bike meets the extra UK conformity regs – i.e the speedo reads in mph and the headlight beam dips to the left. Cost one new headlight or a second hand one off Ebay and maybe a new speedo unless yours can also shows mph. (Note: our car has a kmph speedo but you can also get it to display MPH on the LCD display in the centre of the speedo. They accepted a page from the car’s manual, which was in Spanish, which showed you how to make this function work.) The Xchallenge is no problem as you can make it read in mph or kmph.
If you need to change the headlight and or dials you will need some evidence of this. Either a bill from a dealer showing that they did the work or a statement from them showing they inspected the bike and it has the correct lights/speedo. The XChallenge was sorted by a very nice Tosser - Rudi at http://www.rudiemoto.com
3) OK once you have sorted the above go to
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motorin...cle/ImportingAndExportingAVehicle/DG_10028413 and download “Application For British National Type Approval Motorcycles”. Fill it in and send it off with the European Certificate of Conformity and the proof showing the lights and speedo are compliant. Oh yeah they want £70 for this.
Wait a couple of days and they will send you a UK type approval document.
Then the bike insured – Carole Nash did mine on the chassis number on the proviso I got it registered with 14 days.
Then head down to your local DVLA and fill out a form and show them your insurance documents, the UK and EU type approval notices and the original EU registration documents – (the French is called a Carte Gris). Hand over more money £55 plus road tax £66 in my case and wait a few days. Your new UK reg number will be issued. Then get a number plate made up – about £15 or so.
Total cost
UK Type approval notice £70
UK 1st Reg Fee £55
Road Tax £66
Number Plate £15
Total £206 inc a years road tax.
And in my case another £55 coz I didn’t have the original EU Cert. plus Carol Nash £155.
The only cock-up I had was DVLA actually issued an 03 plate for a bike that was 1st registered in March 07. I went back and they changed it on the spot and gave me an 07 Plate. They said they were very sorry and had no idea why they had given totally the wrong number. …
Got Williams in Manchester to make me up a number plate and they also said that they would do the 6 safety recalls outstanding on the bike now it was UK plated. Last time I asked them they said I had to take it back to the dealer in France.
Paul
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